Product of Two Numbers, Difference of their Squares =================================================== Another one from YouTube. I'm not going to watch it. Given that x²-y²=24 xy = 35 Find x + y Solution -------- Square the first equation, and get x⁴-2x²y²+y⁴=576 (1) Also square the second one: x²y²=1225 (2) Add 4 times quation (2) to (1): x⁴+2x²y²+y⁴=5476 or x⁴+2x²y²+y⁴=74² Take square roots: x²+y²=74 Add twice the second equation xy=35 x²+2xy+y²=144 Square root again: x+y=±12